Photo Credit: Prasad Panchakshari The latest version of Apple Music Classical (2.1) now offers support for both Siri and CarPlay. Apple experimented with CarPlay support for its classical music app last year—but it was removed […]
Photo Credit: Naxos / Recreational Music The world’s largest classical music label, Naxos, partners with Reactional Music to personalize music for gaming. Interactive music personalization engine and delivery platform for gaming, Reactional Music, has agreed […]
Classical music producer Adam Abeshouse was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last spring. His clients — including Simone Dinnerstein, Jeremy Denk, Joshua Bell and Lara Downes — organized a concert at his home studio to […]
via Joanna Shaw Taylor, with permission If you are a musician and have a stamp of approval from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, and blues guitarist Joe […]
Our feature series Crate Digging takes a deep dive into music history to turn up several albums all music fans should know. In this edition, The National’s Bryce Dessner talks about 16 essential classical albums […]
NPR’s A Martínez speaks with Bryce Dessner, a member of the rock band The National, about his classical music debut. The album — “Solos” — comes out Friday on Sony Classical. Share This Article
A professor who studies the effects of solar radiation on climate composed a string quartet piece using climate data converted to sound in a process called “sonification.” Share This Article
If you had to choose to erase the music of one of two classical composers, I want to know who you’d save and who you’d destroy. View Entire Post › Share This Article
Image via YouTube. Vampire Weekend continue an action-packed press run today with the release of “Classical,” the third preview track from the band’s upcoming album Only God Was Above Us. This fresh cut plays on […]
Vampire Weekend have returned with “Classical,” the latest slice of their forthcoming album Only God Was Above Us. Built from a rustling acoustic guitar line and a cymbal-heavy drum beat from Chris Tomson, “Classical” is more […]
In the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, violinist Joshua Bell and conductor Dalia Stasevska are on an intensely focused mission to get the opening bars of a concerto just right. The work begins with a […]
Having worked his way through the sonatas of both Beethoven and Schubert for Signum, Llŷr Williams now turns his attention to Schumann’s piano music. Whether this generously filled two-disc set is intended as the first […]
Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope It seemed questionable whether Sleater-Kinney would ever record another album – their last, 2021’s Path of Wellness, attracted the usual critical acclaim but was marked by the departure of longstanding drummer […]
Even pop geniuses have a patchy record when it comes to writing for an orchestra. For every success (a Jonny Greenwood or a Randy Newman, for instance) there is at least one dud (a Paul […]
As a student at Goldsmiths I was out practically every night attending concerts and was at nearly every important premiere – Ferneyhough, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, Boulez, Reich, LeFanu – mostly male composers, it is true. […]
Classical music was slow to join the streaming revolution, but the range of recordings available on the likes of Spotify and Apple Music has grown steadily year on year and today a large proportion of […]
Britain’s Got Talent 2023 finalist Malakai Bayoh is a winner today, as his first album Golden debuts atop the Official Classical Artist Albums Chart. Having won the hearts of the judges and viewers on the […]
Photo Credit: Apple Music After plans to release in 2022, Apple finally released its Apple Music Classical app earlier this year. Here’s what to know about the new app and why classical music fans of […]
Photo Credit: 9to5Mac Apple Music Classical appears to be getting an Android app ahead of other Apple products. Apple is cementing its mobile-first strategy with this move. Apple acquired Primephonic in 2021 to use the […]
Photo Credit: Apple Music Shazam’s latest update includes direct Apple Music Classical support on the iPhone, enabling the two apps to work seamlessly together for classical music. Song-detecting mainstay Shazam updated with support for Apple […]